Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subsociety

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-so-ci-ety
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A society making up part of a larger society.

Example Sentences

"In some circumstances, children of mixed parentage form their own subsociety, as is true in India and adjacent countries where there are fairly large groups of Euro-Asians."
"In fact, culture is nothing but the willful acquisition of vulnerability. This is exactly the reason it is derided by the Green Berets and their like in other totalitarian societies or subsocieties."

Etymology

From sub- + society.

Inflected Forms

subsocieties (plural)

Questions

What does subsociety mean?: A society making up part of a larger society.
Where does subsociety come from?: From sub- + society.

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